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Chile

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Average rating
7.5
average rating
Average monthly living costs, before rent
$965
a month before rent

At a glance

AccommodationGreat8.5
CoworkingGood7.5
ValueGood7.4
ExcitementGood6.4

Visa and working hours

No digital nomad visa

Working hours

Chile operates on Chile Standard Time (CLT), which is GMT-3 during the summer months, and shifts briefly to GMT-4 in the southern hemisphere's winter months. Compared to Peru or Colombia, this made it significantly easier to maintain a similar working day to colleagues in Europe, requiring no major changes to your daily schedule.

For North Americans, this puts you marginally ahead of Eastern Standard Time and in a good place to maintain any work schedules with little adjustment.

Typical year in Santiago

By month

Typical temperatures and rainfall by month
MonthLow °CHigh °CRain mmNotes
January16330peak season
February17344peak season
March13307peak season
April10265
May61996wet month
June715133wet month
July7164
August615106wet month
September72311
October102720peak season
November112815peak season
December14321peak season
Wettest months Peak season

Typical daytime highs and overnight lows, from the last two years of observations (Open-Meteo). Rain icons mark the wettest months.

Visitors a year
2M2024
Crowds
Medium
Peak season
Oct–Mar
Low season
May–Aug

Costs

$965a month, before rent

Basic living costs, rent not included

Day-to-day spending for a month: two meals out and a coffee every day, three taxis and two nights out a week, a gym and a coworking desk. Add your rent on top.

Affordable
  • Meal in a casual restaurant$8.34
  • Speciality coffee$2.78
  • Pint of local beer$3.24
  • Cocktail$7.41
  • Taxi for 2 miles$4.17
  • Men's haircut$11
  • Women's haircut$28
  • Gym membership, monthly$34
  • Coworking, monthly$175

Prices as of Oct 2026. Confidence: medium (gym & coworking verified; other prices restated at 2026-10-07 exchange rates). Sources: numbeo.com, wework.com, workin.space. Always check locally before planning around them.